pianny forty

English

Alternative forms

• pianny-forty

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /piˈani ˌfɔːti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /piˈæni ˌfɔɹti/

Noun

pianny forty (plural pianny forties)

1. (archaic) Pronunciation spelling of pianoforte.
   • 1795, Hannah Cowley, The Town Before You: A Comedy‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume 2, London: G. Woodman, for T. N. Longman, act I, scene ii, page 6:

     Dang et, I have delivered ſeventeen - all the way from Mancheſter-ſquare to Petty France; from there to Biſhopſgate-ſtreet after ſweetmeats for Miſs, and then to the Hay-market about the pianny forty.

   • 1890, Clara Augusta Jones, “XXI: Old-Feller and Desdy-Money”, in Patience Pettigrew's Perplexities‎^[2], New York: J. S. Ogilvie, page 136:

     And jest then I leaped from my seat and clim rite over the pianny-forty onto the stage, and grabbed that piller from his hand.

   • 2018 July 19, Charles Palliser, The Quincunx: The Mompessons‎^[3], Canelo, →ISBN, page 48:

     He closed his mouth as in resignation, 'Well, can you sing and play the pianny-forty?' 'Yes, fairly well.' 'Famblies don't want fairly well, they want bang-up.' .

See also

• pianny